GALWAY, IRELAND--December 30, 2014 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) The development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the U.K. advanced this month with government funding for finding offshore storage sites.

A grant of €3.2 million ($ 3.9 million) has been awarded by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to help attract companies to develop CO2 storage in the North Sea.